Indoor quoits.



A. H. BEARDSLEY.

INDOOR QUOITS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-10.1916- 1,178,049. Patented Apr. 4, 19 16.

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Mia (5% ANDREW H. BEARDSLEY, OF ELKHART, INDIANA.

INDOOR QUOITS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

Application filed January 10, 1916. Serial No. 71,139.

uncarpeted floors without injury to the floor,

carpets or surrounding objects.

- The objects of my invention are, first, the

production of a flexible wear resisting base member or pin mat which isprovided with improved scoring means, second, the produc tion of a pinmat or base member provided with simple means to minimize the tendencyof quoit deflection therefrom, third, the production of a pin matprovided with an improved quoit pin and securing means and readilydetachable from the mat, and, fourth, means carried by the quoit pin forpreventing the quoit disengagement therefrom when in a more or lessinsecure engagement therewith in flight.

On the drawings, Figure 1 is a section in elevation; Fig. 2 is a. brokenplan view of the base member or mat; Fig. 3 is a modified form of thequoit pin; Fig. 4 is a plan view of a ring quoit; and Fig. 5 is a planview of a quoit open at one end.

Similar numerals on the drawings refer to similar members and parts ofmembers. throughout the several views.

Reference to the drawings in detail discloses that the'numeral 1designates a quoit pin base, or mat, preferably formed of softvulcanite, circular in form, although it may be square or rectangular,and provided with the centrally located quoit pin boss 2 which isconcaved on its under side.

The numeral 4 designates a reduced portion of the quoit pin 3penetrating a suitable aperture formed centrally of the boss 2, carryingthe plain washer 5 contacting with the upper surface of the boss 2, anda cupped washer 6 arranged within the boss concavity and held in closecontact therewith by the nut 7 screw threaded upon the lower end of thepin reduced portion 4. The use of the cupped washer ,6 imparts arigidity to the upright pin 3 not otherwise pomessed, thereby minimizingthe lateral deflection thereofwhen struck by a quoit in flight.

Thepin base 1 is thickened at 8 adjacent its center tapering therefromin thickness to the outer periphery 9 thereof where it is thinner,thereby imparting a desired stiffness at its center to resist a bendingtendency as Well as wear resisting qualities and a reduction in theweight thereof.

The pin base 1 is'provided on its upper surface with a plurality ofcircular ridges 10, 1O concentric with each other and the boss 2,adapted to indicate the score of the player, and adapted also, whenstruck by a flying quoit, to retard the momentum thereof.-

At Fig. 3 a modification of the structure of pin 3 is shown. Thereon,the numeral 11 designates an annular quoit retaining washer, or stopring, suitably apertured for mounting it upon the pin 3 .adjacent itstop end and held in position thereon by the pins 12 and 13-carried insuitable pin apertures formed in the pin 3 which are spaced above andbelow-the ring 11. The stop ring 11 is adapted to prevent displacementof thequoit from the pin' 3 when the momentum or a rebound thereof wouldcarry the quoit off the top end thereof. At Figs. 4 and 5 I show ringand horseshoe forms, respectively, of a quoit, preferably made of softvulcanite and stiffened interiorly by a metal reinforcing piece embeddedtherein. 4

I claim: 1

1 A device of the class described comprising a resllient pin baseprovided with circular concentric ridges upon its upper surface; anupright pin carried .by said base; and means for detachably securingsaid pin to said base.

A device of the class described compIlSlIlg a resilient pin basecentrally embossed, saidboss being apertured; an upright pin mountedwithin said boss aper- I ture; and means for detachably securing saidpin within said boss aperture.

device of the class described .comprislng a resilient pin base centrallyrecessed on its lower surface and provided with an aperture incommunicatlon with said recess; a pin mounted upon said base and havingone end thereof extending through said aperture; and means within saidrecess fordetachably securing said pin upon said base.

an upright pin detachably mounted upon said boss.

-6. A device of the class described comprising a flexible pin basecentrally embossed and having a cupped recess beneath said boss, saidboss having an aperture in communication with said recess; a pindetachably arranged within said aperture the end of which extends intosaid recess; and a cupped washer detachably mounted upon said pin andwithin said recess.

7. A device of the classdescribed comprising'a pin support; a quoit pincarried by said support; and a quoit stop member carried by said'quoitpin.

8. A device of the class described comprising a pin support; a quoit pincarried by said support; and aquoit stop ring detachably mounted uponsaid pin adjacent the top end thereof. V

In testimony whereof I. have hereunto aflixed my si'gnature this 8th dayof January, 1916.

ANDREW H. BEARDSLEY.

